Romo finally fully comfortable

Tony Romo is off to a good start in the preseason primarily because he’s fully comfortable with the offense.

With an array of talented offensive weapons to choose from, Romo has completed 22 of 30 passes in the preseason for 228 yards with one TD and no turnovers.

“I’m very comfortable in the offense,” Romo said Tuesday.

It wasn’t always that way.

“I laugh sometimes now when I think about two years ago or three years ago or even last year, in some ways, when I think about the way I would think about certain reads or the approach I would take on certain downs or distances,” Romo said. “I’m not saying everything is going to be perfect because everything is not going to be. We’re going to have very tough times this year, I’m sure. But I do think that you get a sense as you get older of a certain way to read or think about things…You can’t duplicate experience.

“You gain experience, you gain understanding,” Romo added.”I feel a lot more comfortable in a lot of areas than I have in the past. I think it’s just a case of learning and experiencing it.”

Wade Phillips says Romo has benefited from a lot of hard work and practice.

“When you work like Tony does, when you work during the season but also during the offseason like he does – he comes in and devotes a lot of time in the offseason, as much as anybody we have – I think he is going to mature that way,” Phillips said.